The Crafts Study Centre - Entrance Foyer

The Crafts Study Centre is a building situated on the campus of The University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey. The building was specially designed to house a craft collection and research centre of national importance. As part of the new build a group of artist and craftspeople were selected to design and make practical objects and details for the building which would also be additions to the collection. In 2004 Steven was asked to design and make a donations box and storage for coats and umbrella’s. The design draws from the language used in the deeds of the CSC and from terms used to describe craft. Whilst both designs visually refer to the domestic, the history of craft and of making, they were designed and made in a ‘hands-off’ way. Digital drawings were emailed to contractors who made the designs using industrial processes including laser cutting and photo-etching.
Working with Oliver Russell, the project included educational workshops engaging pupils from Hale school and Farnham VIth College with both the historic collections and the new designs.

In 2008 Steven was commissioned to design and make an additional peg-rail to function as a display system for the Crafts Study Centre’s shop area.